The History of Indian Literature c9.416

c9.416

‡ Lassen's assertion (*I. AK.*, ii. 453) that "Buddha recognised no gods" refers only to the circumstance that they too are regarded by him as subjected to the eternal succession of existence; their existence itself he in no way denied, for in the doctrines put into his mouth there is constant reference to them. [He abolished their significance, however, as he did that of caste.]